BlockMathers Mill, Kentucky
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Magnolia-Upton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42748. It stands on Morrison Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tonieville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1935 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Tonieville quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Tonieville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tonieville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Elizabethtown quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Tonieville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Mathers Mill between 2008 and 2014, burning about 267 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 22 February 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 40 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | STILES FORD ROAD |
| 7 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | CATLETT FIRE |
| 30 October 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GRUBBS FIRE |
| 21 October 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 215 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SONORA FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mathers Mill in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mathers Mill | $200,000 | Two miles SW on Hodgenville on Old Sonora Road a large 36x30 foot well built metal barn sustained significant structural damage when the barn broke free from the foundation. Portions of the trusses and 6x6 poles were found 100 yards to the east. Several large pieces of metal roofing and siding were blown eastward up to 1/2 mile and several splintered sections of the roof were impaled in the ground nearby. There was sporadic wind damage eastward from this point and then a concentrated area of damage at Larue County Middle School. Wind gusts lifted a section of the cafeteria roof and threw it about 25 feet downwind to the east. About 100 yards further east from the school, a small storage shed was pushed into the dugout dislodging several concrete blocks. Winds around the school area were estimated to be around 65 mph. Northeast of Hodgenville in Ovsen Heights, a concentrated area of wind brought down several power poles and trees knocking down a few outbuildings and back deck areas. Winds were estimated to be 65 to 70 mph at this location. |
| June 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Mathers Mill | $100,000 | The tornado first downed a large tree on McDowell Rd 2.8 miles south of Hodgenville. It damaged tree tops at the Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park as it moved northeast. At the end of Earl Jones Road, the tornado destroyed one cinder block and wood barn and damaged the roof of another, scattering debris several hundred yards. The tornado then skipped intermittently over primarily open farmland for several miles before uprooting and snapping several trees along Leafdale Road west of Highway 470. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mathers Mill | $5,000 | A roof was blown off of a workshop, and several trees were downed. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mathers Mill | - | A large tree blew down on Miller Road. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mathers Mill | - | Trees were reported down on State Route 84 near the intersection with State Route 357. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mathers Mill | - | Trees were blown down on Sonora Road and Tanner Road. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mathers Mill | - | Downed tree limbs were reported with winds estimated at 60 mph by amateur radio operator. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Mathers Mill | - | no account filed |
| January 2006 | Hail | Mathers Mill | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boundary Oak | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Tanner | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Hodgenville | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Keith (historical) | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Buffalo | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| South Buffalo | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tonieville | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Maxine | 5.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 508557. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.